question on adding eggs to incubator a few days later (Spitzhauben eggs)

[junior67]

ok. So I am hatching eggs for someone else. They are on day 3. He wanted to replace any clears with some of his Spitzhauben eggs, he gave me 2 with other breeds 3 days ago but wanted to add some more. I wouldn't be sure if clear for another couple days at the very least if not 4 days which I think may be a bit late to add??? But was thinking of maybe telling him if he wanted to bring a few over I would start them tomorrow with the others. I only have the 1 incubator so I can't incubate in one and hatch in one. I am mainly worried about upping the humidity too early on the 2nd set of eggs I add. What is the earliest I can up it?

Also do Spitzhauben eggs hatch a bit on the early side like bantam eggs can? I know they are a "standard" chicken but on the small side so if that is the case then maybe adding them 5 days later won't be that big of a deal. I added eggs on day 2 last time and wasn't worried since they were so close, actually that egg hatched on day 20 and others on day 21 so they only hatched 1 day apart so worked out fine.

any suggestions?

 

[Huntmaster]

ok. So I am hatching eggs for someone else. They are on day 3. He wanted to replace any clears with some of his Spitzhauben eggs, he gave me 2 with other breeds 3 days ago but wanted to add some more. I wouldn't be sure if clear for another couple days at the very least if not 4 days which I think may be a bit late to add??? But was thinking of maybe telling him if he wanted to bring a few over I would start them tomorrow with the others. I only have the 1 incubator so I can't incubate in one and hatch in one. I am mainly worried about upping the humidity too early on the 2nd set of eggs I add. What is the earliest I can up it?

Also do Spitzhauben eggs hatch a bit on the early side like bantam eggs can? I know they are a "standard" chicken but on the small side so if that is the case then maybe adding them 5 days later won't be that big of a deal. I added eggs on day 2 last time and wasn't worried since they were so close, actually that egg hatched on day 20 and others on day 21 so they only hatched 1 day apart so worked out fine.

any suggestions?

With only 1 incubator I would not recommend a staggered hatch it usually does not end well and is more of a headache than anything else.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Don't put cold eggs into an incubator with already developing eggs. You can warm them up for a day in a separate incubator, if you had one and then add them after. When lock down happens they would have to be separated again.